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The Silence
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Silence of Murder
Dandi Daley Mackall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Silence Of The Lambs
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Silence that Binds Us
Joanna Ho

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

The Silent Blade
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Silent Boy
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Silent Corner
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Silent Cry
Kenzaburō Ōe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Silent Girl
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Silent Governess
Julie Klassen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Silent Land
Graham Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Silent Sister (Riley MacPherson, #1)
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silent Waters
Brittainy C. Cherry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Silent Wife
A. S. A. Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

The Silk House
Kayte Nunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Peter Frankopan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silmarillion
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Silverado Squatters
Robert Louis Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Silver Chair
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

The Silver Donkey
Sonya Hartnett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's, #1)
Scott Cawthon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Silver Linings Playbook
Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Silver Pencil (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Alice Dalgliesh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Silver Swan
Elena Delbanco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Silver Sword
Ian Serraillier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Simple Art Of Murder
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Simple Gift
Steven Herrick

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2004

The Simple Truth
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Simplicity of Cider
Amy E. Reichert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Singer's Gun
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Singing Tree
Kate Seredy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Singing Trees
Boo Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sinister Pig (Leaphorn & Chee, #16)
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3)
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Siren
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sister
Louise Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sisterhood
Helen Bryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sisters
Nancy Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sisters Brothers
Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sittaford Mystery
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
Vivian Gornick

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Six Sacred Stones
Matthew Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
Lars Mytting

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Six (The Six, #1)
Mark Alpert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014)
Elizabeth Kolbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Sixth Man (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #5)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alison Weir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Skeleton Tree
Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Sketch Book
Washington Irving

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
Washington Irving

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

The Skin I'm In
Sharon G. Flake

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Skin Map (Bright Empires, #1)
Stephen R. Lawhead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Skin of Our Teeth
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1942

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
Desmond Cole

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray, #2)
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan, #1)
Eliot Pattison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Skull Throne
Peter V. Brett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sky at Our Feet
Nadia Hashimi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Sky Fisherman
Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sky is Everywhere
Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Sky is Falling
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Skylark's Secret
Fiona Valpy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sky So Heavy (The Sky So Heavy, #1)
Claire Zorn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness
Rick Bass

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1998

The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Slave Dancer
Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition
Manisha Sinha

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Slave Ship: A Human History
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sledding Hill
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2014

The Sleeping Car Porter
Suzette Mayr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Sleepwalker
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
Mira Jacob

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Slynx
Tatyana Tolstaya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
Barbara O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009